Bob, Completely agreed on all counts, and it cannot be underscored enough how what might work great for one person, might cause any number of problems in another. A great deal of my contest preparati
For better or worse, I have a lot of experience with this topic :) Many of the energy drinks have a lot of sugar (and/or HFCS), which rockets you up quickly, but many crash quickly as well. There are
Its a great idea, Paul. As you know, the CQWW committee is using SDRs around the world to collect spectrum audio and use it in the case of adjudication of log checking (http://cqww.com/blog/?p=67). I
Solar flux is rising and predicted to rise - so conditions *might* be very good on 10M. If the K index is low, keep an ear out over the poles (N and S) for openings - and for sure listen for a long-p
Bob, this is an interesting video and touches on a number of items that are very important to us contesters. I've found that for me personally, sleep is probably one of the most difficult parts of th
Its an interesting idea. Obviously this would have to be weighted by QSOs and/or other metrics to make it meaningful. I.e. a 100% accurate score is trivial with 10 QSOs, much harder with 5000 QSOs :)
This is a fascinating topic to me, and I think about it and related topics constantly. Being a part-time powerlifter and heavy weight lifter, oftentimes a little extra oompf is all that is needed to
Surely your thread will have lots of activity from a lively audience... Having used the K3 and KX3 extensively in contest situations (CW and SSB, no RTTY), I would say that my personal choice is the
I just wanna say first thanks to you all for doing this - but also that this preso was awesome. For those out there that haven't watched it yet - make time - well presented with some great insightful
Agreed. Wouldn't it be cool if we (as the contest community) could have access to the SDR recordings of the CQWW weekend, from all the different recording spots (or even just a few)? I know the bandw
I've always preferred a dedicated hardware device for recording audio. This way you're not using CPU cycles on your logging PC during a run that ends up causing one or both to lag. Since a good deal
Great idea, Dave! How can we wire a foot switch into that? :) Seriously, I agree, sitting for long periods of time is hazardous. Lately I've been wearing compression socks for the long contests but I
In previous 48 hour contests that I've recorded, a decent quality MP3 recording of the entire contest is on the order of 300MB, and could easily be cut back further with very little loss in quality/i
Thanks all for the feedback - much appreciated! Jeff N6GQ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinf